# EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY HOLDINGS COMPANY LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1107332
- **Other names:** ELRH
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [05069987](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05069987)
- **Registered:** Dec. 17, 2004
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1107332


## Contact

- **Address:** EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY, BOLTON STREET STATION, BOLTON STREET, BURY
- **Postcode:** BL9 0EY
- **Phone:** 0161 764 6955
- **Email:** finance.team@eastlancsrailway.co.uk
- **Website:** www.eastlancsrailway.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** I) TO ACQUIRE AND TAKE OVER THE RAILWAY LINES IN THE COUNTIES OF GREATER MANCHESTER AND LANCASHIRE TOGETHER WITH SUCH LANDS AND BUILDINGS ADJACENT THERETO AS ARE OF NATURAL BEAUTY OR HISTORIC INTEREST OR ARE OF IMPORTANT IN THE OPERATION OF THE SAID RAILWAY.II) TO UNDERTAKE AND/OR PROMOTE THE PERMANENT PRESERVATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY OF THE SAID RAILWAY LINES, TOGETHER, WITH ALL FIXTURES AND FITTINGS, HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND LANDS OF NATURAL BEAUTY UPON OR ADJACENT TO THE SAID RAILWAY, AND GENERALLY TO PRESERVE THE CHARACTER AND AMENITIES OF THE SAID RAILWAY LINES.III) TO UNDERTAKE AND/OR PROMOTE THE PERMANENT PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF ALL FORMS OF LOCOMOTIVES, AND ROLLING STOCK, TOGETHER WITH GENERAL RAILWAY EPHEMERA (INCLUDING ROAD VEHICLES AND ITEMS OF GENERAL TRANSPORT INTEREST AND OF ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL HISTORIC OR SCIENTIFIC IMPORTANCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.IV) TO OPERATE A PASSENGER SERVICE UPON THE SAID RAILWAY LINES FOR THE PURPOSE OFA) AFFORDING TO THE PUBLIC ACCESS TO AND ENJOYMENT OF THE COUNTRYSIDE BETWEEN THE SAID TOWNS OF BURY AND RAWTENSTALL.B) ENABLING THE PUBLIC TO OBSERVE THE SAID RAILWAY LINES, ITS FIXTURES AND FITTINGS, AND LANDS OF NATURAL BEAUTY AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS ADJACENT TO THE SAID RAILWAY.V) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY SECURING OF THE PRESERVATION, RESTORATION, ENHANCEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF FEATURES AND OBJECTS OF INDUSTRIAL, SCIENTIFIC AND HISTORICAL INTEREST IN THE COUNTIES OF GREATER MANCHESTER AND LANCASHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREA.

**Activities:** To preserve, restore and operate the railway lines, together with such lands and buildings adjacentthereto in Greater Manchester and Lancashire and in particular the East Lancashire Railway line, forthe advancement of technical, historical and general education and for the permanent preservation, of steam and other railway locomotives, rolling stock, road vehicles,equipment and relics




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** GREATER MANCHESTER
- Bury
- Lancashire
- Rochdale





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| ALAN LEE |  | April 19, 2013 |
| Carl Phillips |  | Sept. 27, 2019 |
| DAVID STEPHEN LAYLAND |  | April 19, 2013 |
| GRAHAM THORNTON |  | Feb. 23, 2018 |
| Gary Thomas |  | Feb. 26, 2021 |
| Keith Whitmore |  | May 27, 2022 |
| Michael Kelly |  | Sept. 18, 2015 |
| RICHARD LAW |  |  |
| Robert Chapman |  | Sept. 29, 2017 |
| Sean Lea |  | Feb. 26, 2021 |




